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TOP VULNERABILITY THIS WEEK: Microsoft Releases Monthly Security Patches for April 2015

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Title: Microsoft Releases Monthly Security Patches for April 2015
Description: Microsoft has released their monthly set of security
bulletins, addressing 26 CVEs in various products currently supported.
This months, 11 bulletins were issued with 4 being rated Critical and 7
being rated Important. This month's critical bullets address
vulnerabilities within IE, Office, Windows, and the Microsoft Graphics
component. The 7 bulletins rated important cover vulnerabilities in
SharePoint, Task Scheduler, Windows, XML Core Services, Active
Directory, .NET, and Hyper-V. Users are advised to patch as soon as
possible.
Reference: https://technet.microsoft.com/library/security/ms15-apr
Snort SID: 34059-34099

Title: Apple Releases Updates to OS X Yosemite, iOS Addressing 80
Security Vulnerabilities
Description: Apple has released security updates for OS X Yosemite and
iOS. In all, the patch for OS X addressed 80 security vulnerabilities,
including the "Darwin Nuke" vulnerability which, if exploited, can cause
a denial of service condition on both OS X and iOS. Additionally, the
"Rootpipe" backdoor vulnerability was also addressed, although it was
only patched in OS X Yosemite. Users who are still use OS X Mavericks
or older are still vulnerable and are advised to update to OS X
Yosemite.
Reference: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201222
Snort SID: Detection pending

Title: Adobe Releases Patches for Adobe Flash Player
Description: Adobe has released a security bulletin and updated versions
of Flash Player addressing 22 CVEs. Adobe Flash Player versions
17.0.0.134 and older, 13.0.0.227 and older, and 11.2.202.451 and older
are vulnerable and should be updated to the latest supported version,
which are 17.0.0.169, 13.0.0.281, and 11.2.202.457 respectively.
Reference:https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb15-06.html
Snort SID: Detection pending

This is a list of recent vulnerabilities for which exploits are
available. System administrators can use this list to help in
prioritization of their remediation activities. The Qualys Vulnerability
Research Team compiles this information based on various exploit
frameworks, exploit databases, exploit kits and monitoring of internet
activity.

ID: CVE-2015-0313
Title: Adobe Flash Player Use-After-Free Vulnerability
Vendor: Adobe
Description: Use-after-free vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player before
13.0.0.269 and 14.x through 16.x before 16.0.0.305 on Windows and OS X
and before 11.2.202.442 on Linux allows remote attackers to execute
arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, as exploited in the wild in
February 2015, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-0315,
CVE-2015-0320, and CVE-2015-0322.
CVSS v2 Base Score: 10.0 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)

ID: CVE-2015-0318
Title: Adobe Flash Player Memory Corruption Vulnerability
Vendor: Adobe
Description: Adobe Flash Player before 13.0.0.269 and 14.x through 16.x
before 16.0.0.305 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.442 on Linux
allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service
(memory corruption) via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability
than CVE-2015-0314, CVE-2015-0316, CVE-2015-0321, CVE-2015-0329, and
CVE-2015-0330.
CVSS v2 Base Score: 10.0 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)

ID: CVE-2014-7169
Title: Multiple Vendor Bash Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Vendor: Multiple Vendors
Description: GNU Bash through 4.3 bash43-025 processes trailing strings
after certain malformed function definitions in the values of
environment variables, which allows remote attackers to write to files
or possibly have unknown other impact via a crafted environment, as
demonstrated by vectors involving the ForceCommand feature in OpenSSH
sshd, the mod_cgi and mod_cgid modules in the Apache HTTP Server,
scripts executed by unspecified DHCP clients, and other situations in
which setting the environment occurs across a privilege boundary from
Bash execution. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete
fix for CVE-2014-6271.
CVSS v2 Base Score: 10.0 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)

ID: CVE-2014-6271
Title: Multiple Vendor Bash Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Vendor: Multiple Vendors
Description: GNU Bash through 4.3 processes trailing strings after
function definitions in the values of environment variables, which
allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted
environment, as demonstrated by vectors involving the ForceCommand
feature in OpenSSH sshd, the mod_cgi and mod_cgid modules in the Apache
HTTP Server, scripts executed by unspecified DHCP clients, and other
situations in which setting the environment occurs across a privilege
boundary from Bash execution, aka "ShellShock." NOTE: the original fix
for this issue was incorrect; CVE-2014-7169 has been assigned to cover
the vulnerability that is still present after the incorrect fix.
CVSS v2 Base Score: 10.0 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)

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